Earth

Our next Element is Earth. Water was on 10/7, Fire was on 9/29, Air was on 9/23, my personal reflections post was on 9/5.

EARTH

Earth is grounding, stability, nuturing. The planet we stand on is merely a manifestation of these qualities. Earth is receptive energy.

The following are associated with Earth:

• direction: north
• color: green
• tool: the pentagram, salt, stones
• zodiac signs: Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
• tarot suite: pentacles or disks
• gods: Adonis, Dionysus, Pan
  
• goddesses: Rhiannon, Rhea, Ceres, Persephone, Mah
• archangel Gabriel
  
• time: midnight
• place: caves, canyons, gardens, forests
  
• season: winter
• touch
• rock crystal
• salt
• comfrey
• patchouli
  
• trees
  
• ivy
• oats, barley
• stag, bison, snake
• gnomes, dwarfs, trolls
• prosperity, success, stabiltiy, fertility
  

You can connect with the Earth as simply as growing a houseplant.

Shoots unfurl
flowers bloom
leaves uncurl
in this room.
Plant of green
forever strong
grow now here
where you belong.
Roots push deep and
branches climb
by the power
of this rhyme.
Grow now plant -
this is the time!